U.S. Beacon April 20, 2024

Beaver, WV

Raleigh County, West Virginia

Latitude: 37.747601     Longitude: -81.141843
Population 1,378 (2000)
Elevation of Beaver, West Virginia: 2150 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5405260, place: Beaver CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 251 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (11.16%)
Kindergarten: 20 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 126 (50.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (24.3%)
College or graduate school: 16 (6.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 952 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (9.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 176 (18.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 345 (36.24%)
Some college, no degree: 265 (27.84%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 45 (4.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,108 (100%)
Never married: 150 (13.54%)
Now married, except separated: 600 (54.15%)
Separated: 63 (5.69%)
Total Widowed: 106 (9.57%)
Widowed Female: 63 (5.69%)
Total Divorced: 189 (17.06%)
Divorced Female: 87 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (24.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 161 (15.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (16.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 743 (100%)
--With a disability: 285 (38.36%)
----Percent employed: 47%
--No disability: 458 (61.64%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 281 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (54.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,259 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 832 (66.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 427 (33.92%)
--Same county: 395 (31.37%)
--Different county: 32 (2.54%)
----Same state: 24 (1.91%)
----Different state: 8 (0.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,354 (100%)
Native: 1,335 (98.6%)
--Born in United States: 1,335 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,131 (83.53%)
----Different state: 204 (15.07%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 19 (1.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 7 (36.84%)
Asia: 12 (63.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,259 (100%)
English only: 1,198 (95.15%)
Language other than English: 61 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (2.46%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (2.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,354 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,041% (76.88%)
Arab: 12 (0.89%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 64 (4.73%)
English: 76 (5.61%)
French (except Basque): 28 (2.07%)
French Canadian: 30 (2.22%)
German: 188 (13.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 156 (11.52%)
Italian: 52 (3.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 7 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (3.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.33%)
Scottish: 31 (2.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 228 (16.84%)
Welsh: 9 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 95 (7.02%)

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